Evidence For A DNA-Based Mechanism Of Intron-Mediated Enhancement

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2011, Pages

  Rose, Alan B ^a   Emami, Shahram ^a   Bradnam, Keith ^a   Korf, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Gene expression; Intron mediated enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871283864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00098     Document Type: Article

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